Device for removing the eyes from potatoes and the like



Feb. 6, 1951 s. l. STANDAL 2,540,220

DEVICE FOR REMOVING THE EYES FROM POTATOES AND THE LIKE Filed May 8, 1948 IN V EN TOR.

3446. 579 214 BY WW1 4 fiz Patented Feb. 6, 1951 DEVICE FOR. REMOVING THE EYES FROM POTATOES AND THE LIKE Sylvia I. StandahMinneapolis, Minn assignor of one-half to Arthur J. Severtson and one-half to Harold Mendenhall, both of Minneapolis,

Minn. 1

ApplicationiMay 8, 1948, Serial No. 25,814

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in kitchen cutlery and more particularly to a device for i removing the eyes from potatoes, cores from apples and the like.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combination of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

@Beferring to the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a pair of =hands one of which is holdin a potato and the other of which is holding the improved device positioned tolremove an eye from the potato. j

"Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the improved deljvice.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-4 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view in section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale; The letters A and B indicate a pair of hands, the

'{former holding a potato C and the latter holding the improved device 4.

The device 4 includes a substantially semicylindrical body member 5 having a handle 6. The longitudinal edge portions of the body member 5 converge to a point 1. These longitudinal edges of the body member 5 are cutting edges and one thereof is serrated as indicated at 8.

Cut and pressed from the transverse center of the body member 5 is a longitudinal paring blade 9.

The outer end portion of the body member 5, at its transverse center is pressed or stamped outwardly to form a longitudinal seat 5 that is semi-circular in cross-section.

A bearing pin l having a sharp point II is mounted in the seat and is rigidly secured to the body member 5 by welding or otherwise. The bearing pin I0 extends materially outwardly of the point I and forms an extension thereof. Obviously, the semi-circular seat 5 holds the bearing pin ID with its axis at the transverse center of the body member 5 so that said body member when turned, moves about said axis and cuts a true round hole with the pin ID at the center thereof.

To remove an eye from a potato, the sharp 5 point In is centered in said eye and the device is pressed toward the potato to force the pin Ill into the eye to afiord a bearing for said'device and to keep the same centered. Further movement of the device toward and into the potato will force the point I, by giving the device a turning movement, to move about the axis of the pin 10. During this turning movement of the device 4 the diverging edges of the point I will produce a reaming action and cut the eye from the potato. The depth to which the point I is pressed into the potato depends of course upon the size of the eye to be removed. With a little practice an operator can gauge the depth by the size eye and can completely and cleanly remove said eye with a minimum of waste of anyj'of the potato surrounding the eye.

With the bearing pin l0 extending into the potato there is obviously little danger of the device 4 slipping from the potato and injuring the operators hand. 1

What I claim is: x

In a device of the class described, a handle equipped body member that is substantially semicylindrical, the longitudinal edges of said body member being tapered to a point, the pointed portion of the body member being pressed outwardly atv its transverse center to form a longitudinal seat that is semi-circular in cross-section, and a relatively long pin of constant diameter having a sharp point secured in said seat and forming an extension of the point of the body' member, said pin aifording a pivot for pierci g the eye of a potato and for centering the point of the body member relative to said eye, and about the pin the body member may be rotated to remove the eye from the potato.

SYLVIA I. STANDAL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 239,403 Stevens Mar. 29, 1881 1,213,361 Hayward Jan. 23, 1917 2,132,320 Quinn Oct. 4, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 760,131 France v., Feb. 16, 1934 

